Yesterday was, to put it mildly, pretty damn awesome. Dad and I went to the Harry Potter Muggle Outreach Convention at 9 AM, and stayed until it ended at 4:30 PM. Naturally, by the time I got home I was completely wiped out, but it was so totally worth it. The morning consisted of various lectures and presentations on aspects of the wizarding ( Read more... )

This week in Monster class, we watched the X-Files episode "Bad Blood," talked about the semiotics of monster myths and watched half of the movie Fido. It's a funny and engaging movie, and light on the gore, but zombie movies always freak me out, so I've been a little on edge ever since. Despite that, I'm still looking forward to seeing the ( Read more... )

My desktop computer broke last Sunday, and it's still at the shop. Luckily, I had just set up my new laptop the day before, so at least I can still get online and do schoolwork. I didn't have time to transfer anything over from my desktop, though, so I'm still stuck without access to my documents, pictures, music, favorites, photoshop, etc. Also ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post here since Tuesday, but every time I try I have a, well, not so much a panic attack as a depression attack, and I end up feeling too down/tired to do anything. I'm still having a bit of trouble with it, so I'm going to skip the verbosity and just do one of my handy-dandy list summaries, with a few pictures thrown in ( Read more... )

My semester is officially over! I got my final paper completed and turned in on time, got my grade back on act one of my script (90!) and sold my books back (five bucks!)! Now I am bleaching my hair so that I may dye it purple and look totally awesome at the GSA winter formal tomorrow night ( Read more... )

Once again, I've put off writing my rough draft until the day before it's due. I've only just now found a source for it. Granted, finding one that would actually fit the topic I'm writing about was no easy task in and of itself. Not a lot of people have written specifically about Richard Wright's short story, "The Man Who Was Almost a Man," and ( Read more... )

It's Halloween and I'm dressed as a Ravenclaw pulling an all-nighter. Which I am. That essay's due tomorrow and it's slow going. I really only need to do a bit more analysis and come up with a final paragraph, but it's tough getting motivated to write papers on my favorite holiday. Oh, well. Anyway, hope everyone's having a good Halloween. I ( Read more... )

The paper needs to be 1200 words long. I've written 100. It's due tomorrow. Well, the rough draft is, and it doesn't actually have to be complete, just mostly so, but STILL. This is what I get for taking a break after writing 6 pages of a 15-page screenplay on Thursday (I had already written 9 pages the week before). Blerg ( Read more... )

Note to self: lose some more weight before trying to ride Sharif bareback again. Oy. Good thing he's so patient ( Read more... )

I'm 140 words into that damned essay, which is due tomorrow. I can't concentrate, I've had three panic attacks and these goddamn puppies won't stop tearing shit up long enough for me to finish a goddamn sentence. I've gotten up twice to scold them just while writing this post. Also, my grandmother is home and in hospice, my grandfather is ( Read more... )